Accessing Data: Methods for understanding mobile technology use

Mobile devices, applications and services have become integrated into people’s dailylives on a personal and professional level. Although traditional research methods arebeing used to understand the use of mobile devices and applications, methodologicalchallenges still exist. Researchers have responded to these challenges in a variety ofways, with an emphasis on developing methods that enable new ways of accessing,making available and collecting data about mobile technology use. This paper identifies,defines, describes and presents, a preliminary framework for understanding themethodological responses emerging in current Mobile Human Computer Interaction(Mobile HCI) research